Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Aluminium Arak & Sepahan face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Hazfi Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Aluminium Arak form and stats
Aluminium Arak participated in Hazfi Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.Aluminium Arak are steadily winning Persian Gulf Pro League games and points here at Imam Khomeini Stadium. 4 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 8 games.
Aluminium drew their last game, also a home match. Sepahan was the opponent, 0-0 the score.
1-1 away at Paykan before that.Aluminium Arak are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 8 games. Defensively Aluminium Arak have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 8 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sepahan form and stats
Sepahan's mission in Hazfi Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.4 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Sepahan playing as the away team in the Persian Gulf Pro League this season.
Sepahan has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Aluminium Arak for a Persian Gulf Pro League game that ended a draw (0-0).
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Foolad in the Persian Gulf Pro League.The visiting Sepahan have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 7 games. The Sepahan defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (2 goals in 7 games).
Head 2 Head
Aluminium Arak-Sepahan H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Aluminium Arak zero wins, Sepahan three wins, one draw. two of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  E. Sharifat 3 goals |   D. Esmaeilifar 3 goals | S. Moghanlou 3 goals |
Aluminium Arak missing players
Sepahan missing players
| Aluminium Arak | Sepahan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 21 | 13 | Scored | S | 15 | 37 | ||
| 20 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 11 | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 46% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 28% | ||
| 52% | 69% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 3.1 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 6.4 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 2.5 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 7.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 9.4 | ||
| 2.3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.9 | ||
| 36% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 51% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.8 | 5.1 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 1.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Esteghlal | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 19 | 35 |
| 2 | Persepolis | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 32 |
| 3 | Sepahan | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 29 |
| 4 | Aluminium Arak | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 24 |
| 5 | Mes Rafsanjan | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 23 |
| 6 | Paykan | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 22 |
| 7 | Foolad | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 21 |
| 8 | Gol Gohar | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -2 | 21 |
| 9 | Nassaji Mazandaran | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| 10 | Sanat Naft | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 19 |
| 11 | Zob Ahan | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 18 |
| 12 | Havadar | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 14 |
| 13 | Tractor Sazi | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -5 | 13 |
| 14 | Fajr Sepasi | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 12 |
| 15 | Naft Masjed Soleyman | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -12 | 11 |
| 16 | Padideh Khorasan | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 12 | -19 | 4 |
